Islands of the World, from WorldAtlas.com. more inside

Bookjetty is an integration platform that helps you search Amazon (.com, .co.uk and .ca) for books you want... to borrow from your local library. It covers over 300 libraries worldwide, using the Z39.50 client server protocol. more inside

Learn Chinese through pop music! Or the BBC, if that's more your cuppa. Or the very imaginatively named Free Chinese Lessons. more inside

Remember Monkeygifts? I was wondering if anyone was interested in reviving our grand old tradition of exchanging presents, to express our mutual love and admiration for each other plus I have a bunch of stuff that I'm dying to give away coughcough. Anyway, to those new(er) to this, see previous threads here, here and here.

The Prajna Paramita Hrydaya Sutra One of the shortest, simplest and yet most profound of the Buddhist Sutras. I know several Buddhists who claim that chanting this Sutra has helped them in tangible ways. more inside

London Meetup MCVII (or something) I'm going to UK in mid-August, so.... more inside

The Four Beauties of Ancient China (larger pictures), one of whom may have been fictional. Two were patriots who sacrificed themselves for their country, while the last was traditionally blamed for almost toppling a dynasty. more inside

In August 2006, the 10th Discworld Convention will be held in Hinckley, Leicestershire. This is half a Curious, George actually. Is anyone interested in attending? I would love to go if I could, and would like some company!

Curious George: Admin Please Hope Me! Computer troubles. I don't know what's wrong with my PC! more inside

Java doodling. Try the others. From Paul Schmidinger's site. Shamelessly stolen from Big Blue.

Doctor Who, Superman & Buffy. All here in daily comic form. The good Doctor crosses over with Sups, and also with Buffy. more inside

Quotes from IRC conversations. Not as boring as I'm making it sound. Check out the top 100 quotes. Ihopeit'snotadoubleIhopeit'snotadoubledon'tletitbeadouble...

More photo ops! I'm leaving 17th Sept (*sob*), and am thinking of going to London either 15th or 16th Sept and spend a bit of time there before flying off. So, anyone interested in a meetup then? Anybody?

A history of Pi, and a trivia quiz. more inside

More than just eye candy. The exhibition has been in Birmingham a while now, and includes a tactile display for the blind as well. Each photograph is coupled with some information on the plight of the abjectly poor in Third World countries.

The Pre-Raphaelites, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Frederick Sandys and Ford Madox Brown, among others. Their beginnings, and their varied faces. more inside

Curious George: RSS on Your Own Site. Is it possible? How do you do it? more inside

Walking with beauty (Native American artifacts). Then, a look through "Beauty and the Beast" tales from this collection. And another kind of "Beauty and the Beast", in the form of fractal art.

Just nabbed this from Big Blue. What do rugger, bridges, and camels have in common? They're all part of a collection of old Christchurch photographs. Memorised the collection? Try the quiz!

Have a banana. Have another. A random generator of stylesheets. Some are interesting, others...well. more inside